Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Federal Government via the Supreme Court can address the problem of the day.

The Federal Government can adapt the Constitution to modern technology.

Barack Obama will need to wait about 15 years until he is dry behind the ears and old enough to run for President.

"The Warren Court" was an example of #1.

TheWarren Courtrefers to the Supreme Court of the United Statesduring the period when Earl Warren served as Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969. Warren replaced the deceased Fred M. Vinson and was replaced by Warren Burger.

Warren led a liberal majority
that used judicial power in dramatic fashion, to the consternation of
conservative opponents. The Warren Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in
dramatic ways.

The court was both applauded
and criticized for bringing an end to racial segreation in the United States, incorporating the Bill of Rights(i.e.
including it in the 14th Amendment Due Process clause), and ending officially
sanctioned voluntary prayer in public schools. The period is recognized as a high point in judicial power
that has receded ever since, but with a substantial continuing impact.

Prominent members of the Court
during the Warren era besides the Chief Justice included Justices William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, and John Marshall Harlan II.

The Federal Government support for the internet may be an example of #2.

The internet can be considered the email equivalent of "snail mail's" post roads (Article I, Section 8).

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

On December 8, 2008, U.S.
President Barack Obamaannounced he
would nominate retired U.S. Army general, Eric Shinseki, to be the 7th Secretary
of Veterans Affairs. He was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on January 20, 2009.General Shinseki resigned as Secretary of
Veterans Affairs on May 30, 2014, making deputy secretary Sloan Gibson the
acting secretary. On June 29, 2014, President Obama nominated Robert A. McDonald to serve as VA secretary. The United States
Senate confirmed McDonald on July 29, 2014.

How does Eric Shinseki differ from Barack
Obama? Eric K.
Shinseki was born on Nov. 28, 1942, in Lihue, which is located on the Hawaiian
island of Kauai.

At a ceremony in the Senate’s Kennedy
Caucus Room, Sanders said he was “extremely honored” by the award presented for his eight years of service on the
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, including his time as the panel’s chairman during the last session of
Congress. He remains a senior member of the committee.

VFW National Commander John Stroud noted
that Sanders played a leading role in winning passage last year of major
legislation to improve health care services at the Department of Veterans
Affairs.

The nation’s largest service organization
of combat veterans said Sanders “has been a commanding voice” fighting to
preserve benefits for disabled veterans, for the proper care and treatment of
women veterans, homeless veterans, for better employment opportunities and
improved access to mental health programs. The VFW also lauded Sanders for
increased congressional oversight that resulted in improved claims processing
by the VA.

“It is no understatement to say that Sen.
Sanders has taken care of wounded, ill and injured veterans and their surviving
family members,” said the VFW’s Stroud. “When
the VA imploded last year, he was the lead negotiator for the Veterans
Access, Choice and Accountability Act, which the president signed into law last
summer,” he added.

“The VA still has an uphill climb to fix
what’s broken, to hold employees appropriately accountable, and to restore the
faith of veterans in their VA, but veterans everywhere should be proud and
comforted to know that this United States senator has their back in Congress.”